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A solution to bridge wlan0 or permit to use the same lan for tap/br?

I have a tftp server on lan 192.168.0.0/24 I want a qemu vm reach it, with ethernet is simple a) First create br0 MAC1="52:54:$(dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 2>/dev/null | md5sum | sed 's/^\(..\)\...
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HP Wlan button and led dont't work

I have a Compaq CQ58 laptop with fresh Debian 12. I would like to fix one problem, namely the non-working WLAN on/off button. Constantly lights up yellow (it should be either yellow or blue) and does ...
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How to make dhclient run when wlan0 is brought back up (but already has an old address)

With the following configuration on Devuan Chimaera Linux: /etc/network/interfaces auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp pre-up /sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/...
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Failed to configure WIFI AP mode with STA disconnection

I am working on an embedded Linux (5.10.21) system, where there is a WIFI interface can be configured to AP mode. After setup /etc/hostapd.conf and /etc/udhcpd.conf, the AP mode is running with ...
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Wi-Fi down on Kali Virtual Machines

On any Kali VM my AWUS036NHA doesn't work because my wlan0 is always down. No matter what command I use wlan0 stays down. It looks like I have tried every command. This only affects Kali VMs. 1: lo: &...
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Switching of WLAN AP channel using iw does not work

Reproduce: start a hwsim wlan AP, let it either automatically choose a channel (i.e. don't set a channel in hostapd.conf) or set one in the conf file. Let's assume we have wlan0 and the channel is 2 (...
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wlan0 stays down

whenever I try to connect to connect to wlan0 it says it is down but whenever I try to put it up by using the command ifconfig wlan0 up then I try ip addressbut it still doesn't come up ip ...
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Unable to turn on Wake on LAN (WoLAN / WoWLAN) using ethtool

sudo ethtool <devicename> Settings for <devicename>: Link detected: yes No details regarding Supports Wake-on show up.
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Connecting to wifi wlan0 via script

I am writing a simple script for myself to automatically install Arch-linux. The below command fails for me: printf "$WIFIPASSPHRASE\n" | iwctl station wlan0 connect $WIFINETWORK The ...
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Wireless 11ac usb adapter driver installation error

I decide to buy Wireless 11AC USB adapter and download drivers,, after install I check by ip link or ifconfig and I didn't see wlan connection. When I tried download another drivers to install I got ...
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how to re-create virtual box bridge interface for wlan in linux

I want to have a virtual interface connected to the wlan interface which is acting as a bridge by having two mac address and ip address on the same network with the same credentials just like the one ...
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Where does wpa_supplicant get WPS-PBC-ACTIVE?

Setting up a hotspot on Ubuntu 20.04 server. The wireless card is Qualcomm Atheros AR928X. Setup with Netplan and the AP works. But I would like to disable the WPS and only keep WPA-PSK part. The ...
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wlan0 disappears after shutting down VM [closed]

Yesterday I got a tp-link TL-WN722N. I managed to set it up correctly, and it worked fine until I shut down the VM and started it up again. wlan0 had disappeared and when I tried to set the adapter up ...
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wlan0 interface disabled at startup on raspberry / debian

At boot of my Raspbian (Debian 10) I have this: $ sudo wpa_cli wpa_cli v2.8-devel Copyright (c) 2004-2019, Jouni Malinen <[email protected]> and contributors This software may be distributed under the ...
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Raspberry Pi Wlan Connection Crash/ Multiple networks in parallel

I have a raspberry pi 3 model b which uses LAN to connect to my router (fritz box, internet, ...) and in parallel a wlan connection to a different wlan router (a tello drone providing a wlan network). ...
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I'm using parrot os. My realtek rtw8822ce stays connected but after every 5 min. It stops working

I'm using parrot os. My realtek rtw8822ce stays connected but after every 5 min. It stops working. Reconnecting again makes the wifi work again. Firstly I had this problem. Then I installed some ...
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How can I access a Linux machine over WiFI without an internet connection?

I have a Linux machine that runs a local webserver using this terminal command: python3 -m http.server When deployed in routine operations this machine is not connected to the internet but I would ...
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Connecting two different networks through wifi routers [closed]

I am trying to connect two different networks by using the following layout: On the network 1 I have a computer/laptop with ip address 10.0.0.2/24 connected by Ethernet interface (eth0) through a ...
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Bad Internet Causes Bad Local SSH connect

I'm running into an issue that has me scratching my head a bit and can't seem to find the right information online to clear things up for me. networking has never been strongest subject, but hopefully,...
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How to propertly permanently rename network interface in LXLE?

I have a LXLE 18.04 LTS and wlan adapter with name wlp7s0b1, which I'm not comfortable with. Recommended by all /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules is not present in my installation, although ...
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FreePBX configure wifi from command line WPA2

I have computer that only have Wifi network. There is no RJ45 socket. I have to configure Wifi using command line. My Wifi: Authentication : WPA2-Personal Cipher : CCMP ...
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installation of wifi in debian

~$ lspci -nn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0104] (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd ...
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Which rtl8821ae driver Linux Mint uses and how to apply it to any other distro?

I have a rtl8821ae-based 5GHz WiFi card on my desktop PC (It is pci-e TP-Link Archer T4E) I would like to install and use Linux to this desktop. I try different popular distros (Ubuntu, Fedora, ...
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drivers issue for Realtek RTL8723DE wlan on debian 10 with kernel 5.10

I have recently installed Debian 10.9 with KDE. And tried to use WiFi and learned that my wlan is unclaimed by doing this: neevan@nebian:~$ sudo lshw -C network *-network ...
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Unable to connect to wlan0 (Kali)

I am running Kali Linux, and I was unable to connect to Wi-Fi.  I was searching on the Internet for half an hour.  I tried a lot of things.  Finally, I had installed Wi-Fi driver compat-wireless. I ...
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proxy in kali linux

Proxy server In computer networking, a proxy server is a server application or appliance that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from servers that provide those ...
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How can I select the network interface for installing a program in linux?

I need to install remotely Omxplayer on a Raspberry Pi. RPi is connected by a LTE modem through PPP0 interface. My RPI is placed another country and I connect to Raspberry through my VPN using SSH. My ...
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Airdump-ng wlan0mon and does not show any network

on my host pc there is showing some wlan networks with my wlan adapter tp-link AC1300. But in kali (my virtual machine) there are no networks at all. And yes it is in monitor mode and also detected. ...
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Lost wifi somehow. Keep getting "nl80211 not found"

I have one of these little boards called a C.H.I.P. by a company called Next Thing. They went bankrupt. It's kind of like Raspberry Pi. It was $10, has some gpio pins, runs Linux, etc. I can reflash ...
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Trying to enable WoWLAN with rtl8192cu - is it supported?

I'm using Ubuntu and following the NetworkManager documentation to enable WoWLAN. I'm worried that my wireless card does not support it. I installed NM through snap and followed the instructions (it ...
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WLAN state UP by systemd service, but does not work after authorization as a user

I have a Debian buster. My task is to turn on Wi-Fi and connect to the access point right before authorization. For this, I want to use a systemd service. I wrote a script: /usr/sbin/ip link set wlo1 ...
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Filter non-IP traffic on STA wlan0 interface

I want to filter inbound and outbound non-IP traffic going through the wlan0 interface of a Raspberry Pi 3B+ (connected via Wi-Fi to an AP). iptables / ip6tables only seem to affect IP traffic, so ...
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Raspberry Pi 4 Model B - External RT3070 WiFi adapter - Hostapd crashing

I'm attempting to use my Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with one of these ModMyPi Ralink RT3070-based-chipset usb wireless adapters as an AP via hostapd. The issue I'm facing is as follows: Start hostapd AP ...
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Configuring BCM4360 (MacBook Air) on FreeBSD to connect to WiFi

I just installed FreeBSD 12.1 RELEASE on my MacBook Air 13-inch Early 2015, and one of the notable problems is the lack of WiFi due to the bwn kernel module not being loaded. I loaded it and told the /...
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The WLAN reception is worse with Linux than with Windows. How can this be?

I'm using Windows and Linux (fedora 31) simultaneously on my computer (dual boot). I have noticed that the WLAN-reception is much worse with Linux than with Windows, even though the computer is in the ...
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How to automatically add route when connecting to a wireless lan?

I have a Beaglebone Black device that uses Debian 9.9 Linux (without UI, I am using terminal for this). (latest image for Beaglebone Black https://beagleboard.org/latest-images) I enabled and ...
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wlan0 and wlan1 are disconnected - Can I change the status of ''disconnected'' to ''connected''

Recently, on my Kali Linux VM, I installed Compat Wireless 2.6 to install a wi-fi driver. With the command iwconfig, I can see wlan0 and wlan1. The problem is they are disconnected. I can't see the ...
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rtl8812bu driver: can only access non encryped ssid's

I installed rtl88x2BU on a new installation of MINT 19.3 (kernel 5.3.0.40), source: github cilynx/rtl88x2BU_WiFi_linux_v5.3.1_27678.20180430_COEX20180427-5959, using the README.md instuctions for DKMS ...
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Cannon Point-LP CNVi [Wireless-AC] : I can't access wifi on my debian

I use debian 10. My wlan driver doesn't show up in ifconfig and I can't establish wireless connection in any way. It looks like my wifi card and necessary drivers are in place. sudo ifconfig enp1s0: ...
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How do I create a network bridge between WLAN and Ethernet on FreeBSD?

I have a nice not-too-old laptop and I'm running FreeBSD 12.1 Stable on it. I want to share my internet connection from my Wireless card to whatever I connect to the Ethernet slot on this computer. ...
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Simultaneous WiFi connections

I've been trying to configure my PI to connect to two networks at the same time with inconsistent results. I am using both the built in adapter and a USB adapter. The USB adapter reports as a Edimax ...
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Why is my /etc/resolv.conf not correctly populating?

I am wondering what causes this to happen. I am using a WiFi connection (wlan0) in my /etc/network/interfaces file. With the settings below I can successfully ping 8.8.8.8 but I am unable to use "apt-...
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How to enable WoW/WoWLAN

What do you enable/disable Wireless Wake On LAN/Wake on Wifi/Wake on Wireless LAN so that a magic packet can wake the server/PC up?
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Unable to find mlan0 wireless connection

This is happening on an Owasys microcontroller running Debian 9, yesterday I managed to get Wi-Fi turned on but today it does work and connection is not listed. lsmod returns a list of devices which ...
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Use Alfa AWUS1900 WLAN device in monitor mode on Kali Linux

I bought an Alfa AWUS1900 WLAN device for education purpose with Aircrack, because it has Linux support and some posts/reviews confirms that. Sadly I can't get the driver working in monitor mode, ...
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WLAN that worked with Ubuntu doesn't with Centos 7

I've got a Dell Inspiron 1545 with a Dell Wireless 1387 WLAN. The WLAN worked fine with Ubuntu but is not recognized with Centos 7. I've already tried installing the Network Manager package. Seems ...
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iwconfig: wlan0 no wireless extensions

I've some problems with the wlan0 interface on an embedded linux distro (compiled with yocto). The problem is that when I use the command: iwconfig the wlan0 results with no wireless extensions. ...
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Accessing the output of the Network Interface Card

I am working on a project in which I need to interface directly with the WLAN Network Interface card, i.e., using the drivers of course. It is lot like wireshark. Also, I want to send some custom ...
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Bash Script that changes WLAN channel and set monitor mode

I ran into a bit of a weird problem (or at least in my opinion it is). When I execute the following command: sudo iwconfig wlx00c0ca959fe2 mode monitor channel 1 Everything is fine, WLAN adapter is ...
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RT5370 link is not ready

I am trying to add an RT5370 dongle (RA-WN110606C) to my Raspi CM3+. Unfortunately, I'm unable to make it work. I can see the WLAN appear when I execute ifconfig : wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,...
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